Here is the report for both days.
Friday, 8th April.
Birds:
SC209694 ( path
junction) Wren
SC209694 ( in Hawthorns
near the hide) 2 x BlueTits
SC209694 (from
hide) 3 male Mallard including the darker hybrid one; Robin; 2 x
Wood pigeons; Magpie flying over.
SC208694 (firs)
Chiffchaff; Pheasant; female Chaffinch
SC208694 ( near
reed bed) Wren
SC209695 7 x Wood Pigeons
in orchard trees; Wren
SC209695 ( near
stream) Meadow Pipit ( unusual for Reserve) Thanks to Neil Morris for confirming ID.
SC208695 (
beehive loop) Great Tit
SC209694 (gorse
boundary) Wren
SC209692 ( thicket)
Pheasant "proclaiming" - heard but not seen.
Shieldbugs:
SC208694 ( reed
bed gorse) 7 x Gorse Shieldbugs
SC209694 ( gorse
boundary) 3 x Gorse Shieldbugs
Butterflies:
SC209694 ( near
Ginny's bench) Small Tortoiseshell flying
Other:
SC208694 Wolf
spiders near the dam and on dead stems of Hemlock Water Dropwort near stream
SC209695 Inlet
pipe of stream - Water Crickets are back ( were not there last week when
we did stream dipping)
SC209695 Stream
- there is a large spiderweb stretched across the stream, full of midges etc.
No sign of spider.
SC208694 ( near dam) I
saw just one fresh water shrimp swimming about.
SC208695 honey bees in
willow and gorse throughout the reserve and at this location
SC208694 Hoverfly
( probably Eristalis pertinax but difficult to ID from this photo) on dead
stem of Hemlock Water Dropwort
SC208694 Hoverfly (
Eristalis pertinax) on gorse
SC208695 Unidentified
fly on dandelion
Saturday, 9th April (no photos)
SC209694 Wren;
SC209695 2 x
Wrens flying together landed at base of gorse bush and then noisily flew off
again together
SC208694
Chiffchaff singing from firs
SC209694
Chiffchaff singing from garden of Old School House.
SC209694 Blue
Tit near hide; 3 x Goldfinch flying over; Kestrel flying over.
SC208694 Gorse
near reed bed had 7 x Gorse Shieldbugs
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| Meadow Pipit |
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| Meadow Pipit again |
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| Blue Tit singing |
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| the middle drake seems to be a hybrid, darker in colour and white speckles on breast |
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| one of Ballachurry's wrens |
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| probably Eristalis pertinax |
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| Eristalis pertinax Hoverfly |
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| unidentified fly |
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| the inevitable gorse Shieldbug photo! |
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| Flies & midges trapped in spiderweb stretched across stream |
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| Wolf spiders |
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| Water crickets - Velia capria |
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| View of the main pond from the bridge |
